MADRID, 11 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The World Championship of Olympic sailing classes that is taking place in The Hague (Netherlands) started this Friday with the first markers in the 49er, 49er FX, 470 Mixed and Nacra 17 classes, with Spain in the provisional place for the Games Olympics of Paris 2024 in 49er and Nacra 17.
At the end of the first day, Diego Botín and Florian Trittel hold the best position among the Spaniards, with second place in the 49er. Spain goes to The Hague with the aim of obtaining country places for the Games next summer in the 10 classes in which it is represented, in addition to the titles.
On the regatta course, the wind conditions have been between 10 and 14 knots and, regarding the current, an important aspect in the waters of The Hague, it was quite influential, especially in the afternoon, with a speed of more than two knots.
The star class for the Spaniards in this start of the championship has been the 49er, where Diego Botín and Florian Trittel have added two firsts and a fifth disposable in the last round that take them to the second step of the provisional podium. The North Americans Nevin Snow and Maximiliano Agnese are ahead.
The second best national position is held by Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio in Nacra 17 who, in a very tight classification, are ninth three points from the podium. The Italians Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti lead. In this case, there will be nine country places awarded in this World Cup, one of which is provisionally in possession of the Spanish team.
In 470 Mixed, Silvia Mas and Nico Rodríguez marked territory with a first. With a sixth from Neus Ballester and Jaime Wizner and a seventh from Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman in that first regatta, the Spanish team made its intentions clear, blurred by a bad round in the second. Without applying the discard yet, Xammar and Brugman are 13th, Mas and Rodríguez 20th and Ballester and Wizner 25th. The Japanese Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka are the first leaders.
On the other hand, and also with a very close score, Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló are 17th in 49er FX, two places ahead of Alicia Fras and Elena Barrio, 19th, with two points between them and ten to the podium, headed by the Belgian Maenhaut and Geurts. This Saturday the same classes will sail, joining the ILCA 6 and 7 on Sunday and having to wait until Monday to see the iQFOiL and Formula Kite compete.